University Hospitals Tees
Chief Procurement Services Officer
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Chief Procurement Services Officer
University Hospitals Tees is seeking an exceptional strategic and inspirational procurement leader to join our senior leadership team as Chief Procurement Services Officer.
This is a rare opportunity to lead a high-performing procurement, supply chain and inventory management function that supports the delivery of outstanding patient care across our organisations. Reporting directly to the Chief Finance Officer, you will provide strategic leadership for all aspects of procurement, commercial services, contract management, supply chain and inventory operations.
As University Hospitals Tees most senior procurement professional, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our procurement strategy across the University Hospitals group and its subsidiary organisations, ensuring compliance with evolving legislation, maximising value from significant non-pay expenditure and driving innovation across the organisation and wider health system.
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You Will
- Lead the development and delivery of a forward-thinking procurement and commercial strategy.
- Provide expert advice to Executive Directors, Trust Boards and senior clinical leaders.
- Drive sustainable cost improvement and value realisation initiatives.
- Lead high-value and complex commercial negotiations.
- Ensure the organisation achieves the highest standards of procurement governance, compliance and transparency.
- Develop strong partnerships across the NHS, public sector and supplier communities.
- Lead and inspire multidisciplinary teams across procurement, supply chain and inventory management services.
- Support the delivery of strategic transformation programmes and service redesign initiatives.
- Identify opportunities for innovation, commercial development and continuous improvement.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.
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Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.
We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates, including those who first language is not English.
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Chris Hand
Job title: Chief Finance Officer
Email address: chris.hand1@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01642 624348
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